As they say that life is a balancing act. The ongoing exhibition, titled Balance at IHC, promises and delivers in all counts.
Balance is a show about five corporate slaves who have a work life that keeps them away from their passion. A passion each one has been nurturing for a long time willing it to come out someday. This continuous tug and war with their conscience has resulted in this show.
The participating artist are Partho Sengupta from media and advertising industry, is from Gurgaon, Sachin Deep Singh, a dentist, is from Delhi, Manoj Deb, a creative head in advertising in Delhi, Kajal Chakrabarty, an animator and artist in Kolkata and Sarasij Dasgupta, a creative head in advertising in Kolkata.
The group has a collection of mixed media experiments on books and stories with a twist in the tale. It includes nostalgic journey with a whiff of freshness added very nicely by Partho Sengupta. It has a collection of beautiful street pictures captured candidly by adman Sarasij Dasgupta. Also, the nearly monotonic render of life through Manoj Deb’s eyes and Kajal Chakravarty has got a very fresh and graphic style which encapsulates his surroundings and reflects his observations of life. lastly, a disruptive and graphic B&W documentation in water colours and acrylics by Sachin Deep Singh.
The show was opened for public viewing by internationally acclaimed fashion and commercial photographer Tarun Khiwal and the ace adventurist, limca world record holder, Olympic medalist and Padma Shri honoured, Deepa Malik. It also saw the famous khyal singer duo, Pandit Sajan and Rajan Mishra admiring the work on display.
The exhibition is being held at the Open Palm Court, India Habitat Center from 10-8 everyday till March 31.